The epistemology of disagreement new essays
Title:
The epistemology of disagreement new essays
Author:
Christensen, David Phiroze, 1955- editor.
ISBN:
9780191663734
9780191748899
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Contents:
Disagreement without transparency : some bleak thoughts / John Hawthorne and Amia Srinivasan -- Disagreement and the burdens of judgment / Thomas Kelly -- Disagreements, philosophical, and otherwise / Brian Weatherson -- Epistemic modesty defended / David Christensen -- A defense of the (almost) equal weight view / Stewart Cohen -- Philosophical renegades / Bryan Frances -- Disagreement, defeat, and assertion / Sanford Goldberg -- Can there be a discipline of philosophy? And can it be founded on intuitions? / Ernest Sosa -- Cognitive disparities : dimensions of intellectual diversity and the resolution of disagreements / Robert Audi -- Perspectivalism and reflective ascent / Jonathan L. Kvanig -- Disagreement and belief dependence : why numbers matter / Jennifer Lackey.
Abstract:
This is a collective study of the epistemic significance of disagreement: 12 contributors explore rival responses to the problems that it raises for philosophy. They develop our understanding of epistemic phenomena that are central to any thoughtful engagement with others' beliefs.
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